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   Anyone who has lost themselves in one of Elizabeth Peters' "Amelia Peabody" mysteries, daydreaming of high adventure amid the pyramids of Egypt, will be intrigued by the writings of her real-life contemporary Amelia Edwards.

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   This volume, first published in 1876, contains Edwards' engaging description of her life-changing visit to Egypt. She vividly describes ancient sites and monuments which have since been damaged...

4. www.amazon.com › Adventurous-Life-Amelia-EdwardsThe Adventurous Life of Amelia B. Edwards: Egyptologist ...

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   Aug 25, 2022 · Clearly an adventurous spirit, Amelia Edwards' and a friend's travels in the inhospitable Dolomites is a remarkable account of just how courageous women accustomed to comfortable living could be in the most inhospitable of terrains in foreign countries.

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Amelia_EdwardsAmelia Edwards - Wikipedia

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   Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story "The Phantom Coach" (1864), the novels Barbara's History (1864) and Lord Brackenbury (1880), and the travelogue of Egypt A Thousand Miles ...

7. www.amazon.com › Amelia-Edwards-Traveller-NovelistAmelia Edwards: Traveller, Novelist and Egyptologist: Rees ...

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   Dec 31, 1998 · This, the first biography of Amelia Edwards, sets out her work as the founder of the Egypt Exploration Society and writer of A Thousand Miles up the Nile in the context of her previous career as novelist and journalist.

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   The only biographer of Amelia Edwards, Joan Rees, published on the novelist, journalist, and later Egyptologist, revealing not only her role as a founder of the new field of Egyptology, but also her contributions to Victorian cosmopolitanism and aesthetics.

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   Who is Amelia Edwards?

   • Amelia Edwards: Traveller, Novelist and Egyptologist. London: Rubicon Press. pp. 19 and 66. ISBN 0-948695-61-7. ^ " 'Queer history' landmarks celebrated by Historic England". BBC News. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016. ^ Rees, Joan (1998). Amelia Edwards: Traveller, Novelist and Egyptologist. London: Rubicon Press. p. 69.

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   Where did Amelia B Edwards travel?

   • ‘Arab tombs near Siout (Eastern bank of the Nile) Middle Egypt’, Amelia B Edwards, 1877. ART.212, courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society. Edwards and Renshaw arrived in Egypt in November 1873 where they proceeded to travel A Thousand Miles Up the Nile – the title of Edward’s travelogue published in 1876.

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   Who is Amelia Peabody?

   • Anyone who has lost themselves in one of Elizabeth Peters' "Amelia Peabody" mysteries, daydreaming of high adventure amid the pyramids of Egypt, will be intrigued by the writings of her real-life contemporary Amelia Edwards. Edwards enjoyed three separate careers: as an journalist, a novelist, and an egyptologist.

   Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (1831-1892) - University of Pennsylvania

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   Was Amelia Edwards married?

   • She was also an active supporter of the suffrage movement, serving at one time as Vice-President of the Society for Promoting Women's Suffrage. Unlike the fictional Amelia Peabody, Amelia Edwards never married, but lived and travelled for much of her life with a female companion.

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10. www.ees.ac.uk › resource › amelia-b-edwards-her-lifeAmelia B Edwards: Her life and legacy | EES

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    Apr 1, 2024 · In 1873, following wet weather in France, Edwards and Renshaw decided to travel across to Egypt via Italy where they would hire a dahabiyeh and sail up the Nile. At the age of 41, Edwards discovered her final career as an Egyptologist. ‘Arab tombs near Siout (Eastern bank of the Nile) Middle Egypt’, Amelia B Edwards, 1877.